Silverlight 4 and Page.Resources Binding - silverlight

Question

In my SL4 application, I have a Class called Images which has two properties (ImagePath, ImageName) and a method getImages() which retruns ObservableCollection list of all Images.
I need to create a Resource on my Page so that when a DataTemplate is loaded dynamically it can have access to the Images in one of its ComboBox field.
How can I do that?
<Page.Resources>
<local:Images x:Key="MyImages"/>
</Page.Resources>
But in my code behind file I cannot access the MyImages

Answer 1

You have 3 options
1. Use global app resource file.
<Application.Resources>
<ResourceDictionary>
<ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
<ResourceDictionary Source="Assets/StylesA.xaml"/>
<ResourceDictionary Source="Assets/StylesB.xaml" />
</ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries>
</ResourceDictionary>
</Application.Resources>
And within StylesA.xaml just put style you have to use
<StackPanel>
<StackPanel.Resources>
<Style x:Key="HeaderStyle" TargetType="TextBlock">
<Setter Property="FontWeight" Value="Bold"></Setter>
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="12"></Setter>
</Style>
</StackPanel.Resources>
<TextBlock Style="{StaticResource HeaderStyle}"></TextBlock> ....
2. Use local control Resources section.
<StackPanel>
<StackPanel.Resources>
<Style x:Key="HeaderStyle" TargetType="TextBlock">
<Setter Property="FontWeight" Value="Bold"></Setter>
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="12"></Setter>
</Style>
</StackPanel.Resources>
<TextBlock Style="{StaticResource HeaderStyle}"></TextBlock> ....
3. Just use Page.Resources within your page
<navigation:Page.Resources>
<Style x:Key="ButtonFocusVisual">
<Setter Property="Control.Template">
<Setter.Value>
<ControlTemplate>
<Border>
<Rectangle Margin="2" StrokeThickness="1" Stroke="#60000000" StrokeDashArray="1 2" />
</Border>
</ControlTemplate>
</Setter.Value>
</Setter>
</Style>
</navigation:Page.Resources>
I hope it will help. :)